To My Shattered Soul

A month passed I almost forgot about the number.

It was time for me to head back to my office and I somehow convinced myself to spend some time with Jordan, maybe it was time to start fresh with him.

So even though my heart was stopping me from turning back to him, I forced myself, it wasn’t so hard for me after all I’d been doing this my entire life, forcing myself to do things I didn’t want to do.

When I reached the office I saw a crowd right after entering the building, I got closer to see what happened when I saw our employee Lincoln wounded with his collar ripped off, I asked them what happened.

“There was a man, who wanted to see you but when I told him you were not around, he started misbehaving and beating our respected employee” It was Jordan who told me the entire story.

I felt awful watching Lincoln in this condition, but still, I wanted to know who was that man who wanted to see me.

At first, I asked them to take him to the hospital, and as soon as he was gone I asked for the CCTV footage, I couldn’t understand why someone would ask to see me and then beat Lincoln like an animal.

I kept it between me, Mr. Ian, and our guard.

I was in my room at night when I received the video from my guard.

There were only three people in our office, Jordan, Lincoln, and a man but I couldn’t see his face, he was saying something, I couldn’t hear what it was but right after a minute I saw Jordan grabbing him from his throat and then hitting his head on the wall, but when he tried to defend himself, Jordan got close to him and whispered something in his ear, after a second that man went out of the office with anger.

Then I noticed Lincoln who was standing by the table was frozen, I couldn’t clearly see their faces but I could see his body language, he was shaking.

When Jordan turned his face toward Lincoln, they both talked about something and then Lincoln picked up the glass and smashed it on his own head, right after he loosened his tie and ripped off his own collar and Jordan was standing there as if he was being entertained.

When Lincoln was done Jordan left the room in a hurry, for a couple of seconds Lincoln kept standing straight then he also rushed out.

I couldn’t understand what was happening but Mr. Ian and I knew something strange was going on in our company.

I finally understood why I was slipping away from him, there was something very wrong with Jordan, so Mr. Ian and I, both decided to trap Jordan, but very carefully.

It was hard for me to act normal around him anymore, he often tried to reach and kiss me but I somehow escaped him every time.

I started keeping myself busy to avoid him. One day I stayed in my office till midnight when Mr. Ian came.

Before this meeting we were hardly getting any time to talk in person, we usually stayed in touch through calls and messages but this time he came in and told me something that shook me, from head to toe.

He told me everything he did to me, to my company and I still couldn’t remember “I don’t know how you can forget the hell he made you go through! All the frauds he’s been doing?” He whispered.

I fell on the armchair behind me, my hands were shaking.

“I think you should go to your parents and rest!” He held me from both of my shoulders “Listen, Daisy! You know you are not alone, you are like a daughter to me, and I don’t want you to stay in the dark but it doesn’t mean I can see you in pain” he insisted.

I forcefully smiled and nodded slowly “I will go, please you should go too” I convinced him to leave, Mr. Ian wasn’t just my trustworthy manager, he was also my uncle before that.

He was like a father to me, since he had no child of his own he loved me more.

As soon as he left I opened my purse to take out my medicines, unfortunately, I was shaking so badly that I dropped my pill bottle.

I sat down to pick up the bottle but I collapsed, I was losing my breath and my head was spinning, then my eyes stopped on a paper under the table I reached to get it, it was crumpled, as soon as I reached it I heard footsteps getting closer to the door I quickly grabbed it and sat on my knees, I was gasping for air when Jordan walked in.

That jerk kept asking me if I was okay instead of getting me out of there until I fainted.

When I woke up I was in the bed beside Jordan, I checked the time on my phone, it was 3 am, I carefully got out of my bed, and walked all the way down to the kitchen, my throat was dry, it felt like as if I haven’t had any water since days, as I was still drinking the water, I felt the vibration of my phone, it was a call from an unknown number, without thinking twice I attached my ear to the phone.

I don’t know who he was, I’ve never heard his voice before but he still sounded familiar “You are crazy! You have drowned yourself! And you will do it again!” He whispered.

I was scared I asked who it was but he kept repeating that same sentence over and over again until my head started spinning, I heard footsteps slowly coming down the stairs.

My head was hurting I couldn’t see who was it but I knew it was Jordan, I dropped the phone but I still heard his voice, I covered my ears with my hands and I screamed so loud that I lost my sense and fainted.